966 The Baptism of Poland 966 -1370 Piast Dynasty 1386 -1572 Jagiellonian Dynasty 1569 -1795 Polish Lithuanian Commonwealth 1772, 1793, 1795 Partitions of Poland 1854 A Letter from Father Moczygemba and Immigration to America 1918 World War I Ends and Poland Once Again Becomes an Independent Nation 1938 Poland Invaded by Nazi Germany and Soviet Russia, WW II 1945/1946 WW II Ends, Poland and Eastern Europe Fall Under Communist Domination 1966 A Millennium of Christianity in Poland, Polish Renaissance in Texas 1974 Reinterment of Father Moczygemba at Panna Maria 1978, 1979 A Polish Miracle, Bishop Karol Wojtyła is Elected Pope Pope John Paul II Returns to Poland 1980 Solidarity 1987 John Paul II visits San Antonio 1990 Lech Wałęsa Becomes Poland’s First President Elected by Popular Vote